Faculty Profile for Dr. Elizabeth Hartwig

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Dr. Elizabeth Hartwig
Chair - Professor — Conslng, Ldrship, Adlt Educ & Schl Psych
ED 4032
phone: (512) 245-8851
Scholarly/Creative Work
Awards
Grants
Service

Selected Scholarly/Creative Work

  • Hartwig, E. K. (Ed.). (2024). Animal-assisted school counseling. Routledge. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003392415
  • Hartwig, E. K. (2021). Solution-focused play therapy: A strengths-based clinical approach to play therapy. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429354984
  • Binfet, J.-T., & Hartwig, E. K. (2019). Canine-assisted interventions: A comprehensive guide to credentialing therapy dog teams. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429436055
  • Hartwig, E. K., & Evans, J. J. (2024). Pawsitive training: A preliminary investigation of animal-assisted counseling competencies in a university-based training program. People and Animals: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 7(1). https://doi.org/https://docs.lib.purdue.edu/paij/vol7/iss1/8/
  • Hartwig, E. K. (n.d.). Applying the therapeutic powers of play to solution-focused play therapy. In The therapeutic powers of play: Comparing theories and practice.

Selected Awards

  • Award / Honor Recipient: Presidential Distinction Award, College of Education. 2023
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Presidential Distinction Award, College of Education. 2018
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Presidential Distinction Award, College of Education. 2018
  • Award / Honor Recipient: College of Education Achievement Award, College of Education. 2017
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Nancy Guillory Award for Outstanding Service in Play Therapy, Texas Association for Play Therapy. 2017

Selected Grants

  • Hartwig, Elizabeth Kjellstrand. Dan E. Homeyer Research Grant, Texas Association for Play Therapy, $1000. (Funded: April 2023). Grant.
  • Hartwig, E. K. (Principal). Communities In Schools of San Antonio Resource Library, ETS K-12, $14000. (Funded: February 2010). Grant.
  • Hartwig, E. K. (Principal). 21st Century Community Learning Center Grant Program Cycle 6, Texas Education Agency, State, $1904000. (Funded: August 2009). Grant.
  • Hartwig, E. K. (Principal). Hope and Healing with Kids and Canines: An Exploration of Canine-Assisted Play Therapy with Grieving Youth, College of Education Faculty Pilot Research Grant, Institutional (Higher Ed), $5000. (Submitted: January 2014). Grant.

Selected Service Activities

Officer
Association for Play Therapy Board of Directors
October 2020-Present
Director
Animal-Assisted Counseling Academy
2016-Present
President
Texas Association for Play Therapy
August 2017-July 2018
Member
Council of Chairs
September 2024-Present
Member
College of Education College Council
January 2024-Present